Pre-warm your pots, pans and trays. This tip came all the way from Oslo, Norway courtesy of Jannike - many thanks! Store your trays and dishes in the simmering and warming ovens (if you have them) the night before and pile pots and pans you may need on a drying rack on the hob (pre-warming cats is not necessary!). It saves the energy your cooker would normally use to warm these pans on Christmas day. Genius!

Matthew is from a farming family near Bath and a graduate of King's College London who decided not to follow the 'standard' path into banking or the law. He has been working with these fabulous cookers in some form or another since 2003. Matthew runs Blake and Bull from beautiful Bradford on Avon, near Bath. Alf the golden retriever makes sure the working day finishes at 6pm sharp - dog walk time!